Rinko Kikuchi

Biography

Rinko Kikuchi, born Yuriko Kikuchi, January 6, 1981, is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. The only other nominee was Miyoshi Umeki, who won the Best Supporting Actress award in 1957 for Sayonara.

Known For

Pacific Rim

as Mako Mori

Westworld

as Akane

Pacific Rim: Uprising

as Mako Mori

47 Ronin

as Witch

Babel

as Chieko

Invasion

as Hinata Murai

The Brothers Bloom

as Bang Bang

Tokyo Vice

as Eimi Maruyama

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

as Kumiko

Terra Formars

as Asuka Moriki